Oh yeah its quite a life..... one i would quite happily get out of if i could, theres easier ways to make money, as much as i love trucks and love driving them i would'nt recommend this life to anyone, your always away from home and loved ones (ive recently lost a long term girlfriend who left me saying she wants a boyfriend 24/7 not 2 days out of 7) health wise its difficult to stay healthy, ive put on loads of weight since doing this as you spend most of your time eating crap food as and when you get time and it goes without saying you spend most of your time sat on your backside and get no exercise, eating healthy is very hard on the road, yeah getting the stuff to eat is possible but you gotta cater in for things that you take for granted at home, like washing up whatever you use to cook and eat with etc, for example, lets say you have an 11 hour break, in that time, you have to get a good nights sleep, eat, tidy up, wash, clean, get dressed and undressed, sounds relatively easy don't it, but try it in a truck cab, its not straight forward, if i want to do something as simple as have a wash in the morning when i wake up, first i have to boil a kettle, or use cold water, no bathroom with hot and cold water here.
You get no respect from other motorists, as soon as your in a truck you effectively become public enemy number 1. Your treated like scum, i went to a Debenhams distribution place the other day, your not allowed in the buildings but upon leaving your still expected to open up the back of your truck to check you ain't stolen anything AND they expect to search your cab to check theres nothing in there, having a security guard with the IQ of a goldfish rummaging through your personal stuff treating you like a criminal really is not pleasant.
I could go on and on about whats wrong with this industry and why to steer clear of it but im now loaded and gotta crack on, can't earn enough money for a good gov'nor.
Regards
(don't take this a rant at you, no offence intended)
